Godfather Buried Alive
by Shyne
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Aug 10, 2004
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Shyne's Tupac-esque reflections on honor and mortality are penetrating, and suggest there are greater meditations yet to be unleashed. [20/27 Aug 2004, p.126]
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  2. RapReviews.com
    70
    Godfather Buried Alive is a worthy listen, showcasing Shyne's unfiltered honesty in its uncompromising form.
  3. Pitchfork
    69
    While the J-Kwons and Juveniles enjoy the fruits of paradise and their Lexus helicopters, Shyne reminds us of the ones who didn't make it: the legions of his fellow Clinton inmates fighting to keep afloat under prison's psychic burden.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    63
    An uneven affair. [15 Aug 2004]
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  6. Rolling Stone
    60
    Godfather doesn't sound dated; it sounds dateless, in a bad sense--boilerplate raps and beats that could have been recorded whenever and wherever. [16 Sep 2004, p.78]
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  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    50
    The beats may be basic and the quality fuzzy... but there are diamonds among the dirt. [21 Aug 2004, p.49]
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  8. Blender
    40
    Many beats... sound cheap, and many rhymes... trade drama for tough-guy same-old. [Oct 2004, p.128]
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  9. Q Magazine
    40
    Patchy... Little of his indignant bluster hits the mark. [Oct 2004, p.130]
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  10. PopMatters
    30
    The majority of the album is just not very interesting.

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. CWebb
    Nov 19, 2005
    10
    Thi sh!t is a 10!
  2. [Anonymous]
    Apr 14, 2005
    9
    Wow this guy is a nice rapper better then a 51
  3. StephenT
    Jan 13, 2005
    10
    Killa album, rhymes are thorough and sharp!
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